THANK YOU FOR SHARING, you are a big help, I am going to ROME solo on my 74th birthday, I FEEL I am ready and safe to tackle the public transportation, take care.
I don't usually leave comments, but this video was concise and to the point. You made it look easy. I'm hoping that it will be that easy when my wife and I visit this fall. Thank you.
Thank you so much for posting this video. Going to Rome and throughout Italy and Sicily first 2 weeks of June 2018. Now I feel confident to travel on the bus with my family because of your video. 👍🏻
Thanks SO MUCH for this video I am going to Rome in August Solo and I feel that I am ready to tackle the public transport system now! Going to watch all of your other videos.
Planning on going to Rome for the first time next May. Going as a solo traveller plus I'm now classed as a "senior" (how did that happen?!). I was feeling a bit nervous about using public transport but not now thanks to your good self!!! Subscribed immediately after and can't wait to check out your other videos. Ciao...
Howdy. I have been to Rome as a solo senior. A tip. If you intend to use the bus and metro several times a day you can get a 1 day or 3 day unlimited ride pass rather than a single ride ticket. Purchase at same places...tobacco stores or news stands.
Chethaka, the tickets are valid for 100 minutes from the moment you validate it on your first ride. You can then use it as many times within the 100 minute validity.
I probably missed something here, but when you buy the bus ticket is it good for more than one bus trip? Or is it a pass for the day? Or for the week? Do you have to find another store to buy another ticket to get back home?
Christopher Thorkon A normal 1,50€ ticket lasts 100 minutes, so you can ride as many buses as you want. There are also 24/48/72h tickets or one-week tickets.
@@andrewraynlowry5580 You validate the ticket on the first bus/tram you catch and then it lasts for 100 minutes. On underground lines and urban trains it is valid only for a ride.
Hey Bojan - you Tour Guys should do an updated bus video showing some recommended bus apps. Those signs are worthless and show a very limited amount of buses that pass each stop.
Why do several bus stop have the same name? it's extremely confusing. (In your example: 3 stops are called "Corso Vittorio Emanuele") How do you know where you are whil on the bus (speakers and screens aren't working)? Glad you could help but Rome's transportation have still a long way to go...
You just have to use your judgement to figure out where to get off, there are no next stop displays or announcements. The same bus stop listed twice just means that the bus stops twice along the same street
Catching a bus in ROME is an experience one never quite forgets. Don't think of the bus as a mode of transport rather as part of the Roman experience. If you travel to St. Pietro on the 41 beware of pickpockets. I always find it easier to join the bus at Termini or along Via Nazionale .
don't they have the unlimited rides ticket? like for every time you need to ride a bus you have to look for a Tabacchi place? Can I buy them in advance?
Thanks for this useful video. Is all the information still valid (for Oct 2021)? Can I buy a bus ticket in the Roma Termini, or do I find a nearby tobacco shop? Can I bring a suitcase on the bus? Still 1.50 euros? Thanks.
Great video, thanks for the tips. I just have one question, the BIT offers multiple transfers in buses but can I also transfer to a Metro line using the same BIT ticket? What I mean is for example if I first validate the ticket on a bus I am then able to walk into a Metro station and get on the train with the same ticket or do I need to get a new ticket for the Metro ride? Thanks in advance...
Ciao, Grazie for posting! I'm trying to learn Italian and I have a 'domanda". The cashier told you the cost of the ticket and it sounded to me like he said "Un Cinguay" . And I have learned it should be Uno Cinqante. If there's slang being used here I'd love an explanation. I'm going to Rome for 5 weeks leaving end of April 2019, excited!
As a Roman, the buses are one of the worst things in Rome, often they go on fire, they are dirty and completely full and they don’t respect the schedule. I’m not sure if this happens also in the city center.
Sorry I don't ride buses, but how do you notify the driver you want to get off? Do you stand at the door and assume he will open the door or do you need to tell him which when you enter the bus?
Can't wait for Rome in 2018!! Are the tickets one time use? Once it's validated do you throw it away and buy another or can you reuse it for the return trip?
Hi.. these individual tickets are valid for 75 or perhaps 100 minutes since you first enter them in these machines (that validates the ticket). Unless you buy the daily pass or weekly pass. During this 75/100 minutes, you can use the same ticket for buses, trams, and metro (underground trains) so just don't throw them away. btw: DO validate the ticket just as you get into the buses or trams. Else in the unlikely event, you get a checker on your vehicle and they find you without a ticket or even with an invalidated ticket, you get an instant fine of 50 euros. They speak reasonable English and you claiming to be a naive tourist not familiar with their system won't help at all. However, it's fine for metros as you have to scan it before getting on the platform. Enjoy Rome
If you validate it again, the inspector will think you're trying to reuse the ticket, so validate the ticket the first time you use the ticket, but no more
Hi, very helpful video, I planning to go italy for 14 days this year, for the €1.5 ticket 100minutes, how to check how many minutes i have left?, do i need to insert the ticket again when i off the buss?..and that ticket can use for bus in others city?. Like firenze or pisa?. Thank you.
Thanks for the info... 2 question - Will those tickets also work in Florence? And what ticket would be cheaper to take for 7 days stay? Thanks in advance.
Good video, although it would have been good to tell us to make sure we validated the ticket when we got on. We got fined €50 today for not doing so! We weren't sure if we had to validate when we got off. Also we couldn't reach the machines through the crowd on the bus! Warning to everyone, validate validate!
Ciao Lizzie! Yes, validating is very important and is at minute 4:18 of the video! You only have to validate when you get on the bus - that ticket will be valid for 100 minutes from that time stamp. So sorry you got a fine! :(
Thanks, we just weren't aware of the fine for not validating. Lack of research our end really I suppose. Rome was more than worth the fine though :) We can't wait to go back!!
@@TheTourGuyVids In the video it shows you validated it but than you get off immediately making it appear that you validated it as you were getting off. I think thats what throws off people a bit.
Many of the tourist attractions like the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, and Pantheon are within walking distance of each other. Taxi costs vary based on the driver and the location you are going to.
This seems complicated. In Scotland you just board the bus, pay the driver, and away you go. The destination is shown on the bus, and the driver will call out an upcoming town and ask if anyone needs for him to stop, if you're not going all the way. Of course, this is in the Highlands; not the city.
It's not that complicated really, just get the ticket beforehand at a newsagent and validate it the first time you get on. I think it's a pretty good system, paying the driver is fine on a rural bus line, but really holds up the bus in a busy city and I think it's something we could do here in the UK (most people either use mobile tickets or free bus passes, given most people who take buses are either young or old, which helps speed up boarding) because buying a ticket and making change really wastes a lot of time, especially over a longer route, having multiple doors on buses is also just much better, makes boarding so much quicker and smoother. Double decker buses also have stairs which just is more time and fuss, when they only carry 10 or 15 more people than a standard bus and a bendy bus carries far more.
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THANK YOU FOR SHARING, you are a big help, I am going to ROME solo on my 74th birthday, I FEEL I am ready and safe to tackle the public transportation, take care.
I used this video this morning to know what to do on a Rome bus, thank you. Very helpful.
I don't usually leave comments, but this video was concise and to the point. You made it look easy. I'm hoping that it will be that easy when my wife and I visit this fall. Thank you.
Thank you sooooo much!!!! As an American in Italy, this has been a challenge. But, no more! Grazie mille!!
Thank you so much for posting this video. Going to Rome and throughout Italy and Sicily first 2 weeks of June 2018. Now I feel confident to travel on the bus with my family because of your video. 👍🏻
Thanks SO MUCH for this video I am going to Rome in August Solo and I feel that I am ready to tackle the public transport system now! Going to watch all of your other videos.
Hi!
Now that you've been to Rome, please do not judge Italy by experiencing only Rome. Milan is the proper financial house of Europe and Italy. :)
Planning on going to Rome for the first time next May. Going as a solo traveller plus I'm now classed as a "senior" (how did that happen?!). I was feeling a bit nervous about using public transport but not now thanks to your good self!!! Subscribed immediately after and can't wait to check out your other videos. Ciao...
Howdy. I have been to Rome as a solo senior. A tip. If you intend to use the bus and metro several times a day you can get a 1 day or 3 day unlimited ride pass rather than a single ride ticket. Purchase at same places...tobacco stores or news stands.
Hey, @philplace2726 how was your solo trip to Rome? Was it a good experience?
Many thx th Tour Guy ! As simple as that, when we know !
Thanks so much, I feel reassure now that I have a brief walk through T-T
Grazie!!!
I have arrived 2 days ago to Turin and this helps me a lot ti use the bus. 👏👏👏👏
a real helpful video..thanks
Great video! Do you have to stick your hand out to get the bus to stop to pick you up?
Very Helpful! I will be visiting Rome in September! What time does the bus start and end their day?
In Kansas City, Missouri, where I live, three dollars gives you AN ALL DAY PASS to ANYWHERE in Kansas City. How simple is that?
Excelente; necesaria y oportuna la explicación para mi ya que estaremos viajando a Roma en unos días, gracias por compartir esta información
Do u need to buy a separate ticket for each ride?
Chethaka, the tickets are valid for 100 minutes from the moment you validate it on your first ride. You can then use it as many times within the 100 minute validity.
I probably missed something here, but when you buy the bus ticket is it good for more than one bus trip? Or is it a pass for the day? Or for the week? Do you have to find another store to buy another ticket to get back home?
Christopher Thorkon A normal 1,50€ ticket lasts 100 minutes, so you can ride as many buses as you want. There are also 24/48/72h tickets or one-week tickets.
16.5 Euro for 3 days eh.
So, is that 100 minutes of ride time or the ticket expires after 100 minutes?@@pachy03
@@andrewraynlowry5580 You validate the ticket on the first bus/tram you catch and then it lasts for 100 minutes. On underground lines and urban trains it is valid only for a ride.
@@andrewraynlowry5580 Yep.
Please make video on cheapest way to get to center of Rome to train station or by bus.
Great idea
Once you validate in, do you need to validate again if you get on another bus? If not, how do they know you paid for it or validate already?
Thank U , very useful for my trip to rome, regards from Costa Rica
Bravo. Very well done
Great video. Clear explanation of the fermata!
This was grea3. Thanks clears up a lot of questions 4 me.
Thanks this was very helpful for me today
Glad it helped
Glad to know. Thank you 👍
Thanks so much for subscribing
Very helpful!
Hey Bojan - you Tour Guys should do an updated bus video showing some recommended bus apps. Those signs are worthless and show a very limited amount of buses that pass each stop.
Is there a specific app you use other than Google maps or CityMapper?
@@TheTourGuyVids There is the official app "roma mobilita'"
@@Cosmopavone how is it better than Google maps?
Is that a ticket for all day or just the one off journey? Thank you in advance for any help given.
Why do several bus stop have the same name? it's extremely confusing. (In your example: 3 stops are called "Corso Vittorio Emanuele")
How do you know where you are whil on the bus (speakers and screens aren't working)?
Glad you could help but Rome's transportation have still a long way to go...
You just have to use your judgement to figure out where to get off, there are no next stop displays or announcements. The same bus stop listed twice just means that the bus stops twice along the same street
Catching a bus in ROME is an experience one never quite forgets. Don't think of the bus as a mode of transport rather as part of the Roman experience. If you travel to St. Pietro on the 41 beware of pickpockets. I always find it easier to join the bus at Termini or along Via Nazionale .
I traveled to St. Pietro on the 40 via San Pio XII. No problem at all 😊
3:20 - how do I find which bust stop is the closest to the point of destination? You mentioned map, but what map? On the bust stop?
Google Maps
Do the buses have screens showing the next stop?
Some do, some don’t. It depends.
Is there any app helping to find the right bus line and buy a ticket online?
Google Maps
I have a trip to Rome this Sunday, and that's is so helpful. I was wondering how to validate the ticket but now I know. thanks a lot
So when it comes to trains you validate it before coming on? I never took one 😳 I am curious.
Very good explanation grazie🙏
Do you need to validate your ticket every time you transfer and validate it on the way out ?
No, you validate it and it's good for 100 minutes during which time you can change bus or tram as many times as you need
don't they have the unlimited rides ticket? like for every time you need to ride a bus you have to look for a Tabacchi place? Can I buy them in advance?
Buy tickets in advance
Are they fixed rate regardless of distance?😢
Thanks for this useful video. Is all the information still valid (for Oct 2021)? Can I buy a bus ticket in the Roma Termini, or do I find a nearby tobacco shop? Can I bring a suitcase on the bus? Still 1.50 euros? Thanks.
Did you ever get the answer to those questions? I have the same ones.
Great video, thanks for the tips. I just have one question, the BIT offers multiple transfers in buses but can I also transfer to a Metro line using the same BIT ticket? What I mean is for example if I first validate the ticket on a bus I am then able to walk into a Metro station and get on the train with the same ticket or do I need to get a new ticket for the Metro ride? Thanks in advance...
You can use it several times for buses but only once for metro
Is that ticket per bus ride or a all day ticket?
Very helpful
Do I have to pay for each bus ride or can I transfer for free if I need a connecting bus?
I've heard that buses in Rome are terrible and that I should avoid them because they're always late and crowded. Is it true?
Ciao, Grazie for posting! I'm trying to learn Italian and I have a 'domanda". The cashier told you the cost of the ticket and it sounded to me like he said "Un Cinguay" . And I have learned it should be Uno Cinqante. If there's slang being used here I'd love an explanation. I'm going to Rome for 5 weeks leaving end of April 2019, excited!
@@TheTourGuyVids Grazie! Mi Posso dire 'puoa parlarier pie lentemente, per fovore' I will never be fluent but I think it's important to try.
As a Roman, the buses are one of the worst things in Rome, often they go on fire, they are dirty and completely full and they don’t respect the schedule.
I’m not sure if this happens also in the city center.
Sorry I don't ride buses, but how do you notify the driver you want to get off? Do you stand at the door and assume he will open the door or do you need to tell him which when you enter the bus?
Push the request stop button. There are many throughout the bus on the wall and hand rails.
Do the Roma Passes work the same way? Like do you just slide it in and it works?
He talks with such enthusiasm wow
Can the ticket be used again?
thx 😁
Isn’t it very similar to US buses? The stops are a little different. Now with US buses AZ converted to buying passes off the bus too.
Can't wait for Rome in 2018!! Are the tickets one time use? Once it's validated do you throw it away and buy another or can you reuse it for the return trip?
Hi.. these individual tickets are valid for 75 or perhaps 100 minutes since you first enter them in these machines (that validates the ticket). Unless you buy the daily pass or weekly pass. During this 75/100 minutes, you can use the same ticket for buses, trams, and metro (underground trains) so just don't throw them away.
btw: DO validate the ticket just as you get into the buses or trams. Else in the unlikely event, you get a checker on your vehicle and they find you without a ticket or even with an invalidated ticket, you get an instant fine of 50 euros. They speak reasonable English and you claiming to be a naive tourist not familiar with their system won't help at all. However, it's fine for metros as you have to scan it before getting on the platform. Enjoy Rome
Nice 👍
Now do you have to pull a Stop Request cord or buttob etc like a US bus?
You press a button, like buses in most countries
What does it mean....exact change? ( Spock - ST Voyage Home)
This might be a silly question. Do you only validate your ticket once or at each stop you use it?
Just once, then good for 90 mins
If you validate it again, the inspector will think you're trying to reuse the ticket, so validate the ticket the first time you use the ticket, but no more
Hi, very helpful video, I planning to go italy for 14 days this year, for the €1.5 ticket 100minutes, how to check how many minutes i have left?, do i need to insert the ticket again when i off the buss?..and that ticket can use for bus in others city?. Like firenze or pisa?.
Thank you.
HZK YSA When you validate the ticket it prints the time of validation on the ticket so you just count 100 minutes from that time
In another video, I found we can buy a daily pass for 8 euro, which gives 24hr unlimited travel on all public transport
But where to buy the tickets! That’s the problem
Good 💗
Hi! Do you validate your ticket when you get on the bus or off the bus? Thanks.
As soon as you get on the 1st bus
Is a ticket good for an entire day or must I purchase one per ride?
You can get both single tickets and all day tickets
Thanks for the info... 2 question - Will those tickets also work in Florence? And what ticket would be cheaper to take for 7 days stay? Thanks in advance.
Which tickets?
If you didn't have a map how would you what bus to get a certern destination.
Ciao! Google maps is always a good option! Or download the app Roma Bus (ATAC time bus Rome) on your phone!
@@TheTourGuyVids Thanks
If you need this video maybe you should just go to Florida or Las Vegas on your vacation
How much is the ticket? And is it one ticket bus bus ride?
per bus ride*
I have yet to find such a worse public transport than in Rome. Honestly nothing is good about it unlike the city.
Good thing is that the city is walkable and the megamonuments are in the center. Often no need for public transportation
How are you Marocco abdo
Can I buy many tickets at once ?
totally. You can buy a few individual tickets and use them during your trip.
Only Problem: once in the Bus you never know where u are as most of the displays don't work
Use Google maps
@@TheTourGuyVids well yeah that's what we did, but what if you have no access to google maps? Like how does the system work?
@@gtctv7000 stand near a window and look for the name of the stop on the bus stop sign 😂
@@TheTourGuyVids oh boy
Good video, although it would have been good to tell us to make sure we validated the ticket when we got on. We got fined €50 today for not doing so! We weren't sure if we had to validate when we got off. Also we couldn't reach the machines through the crowd on the bus! Warning to everyone, validate validate!
Ciao Lizzie! Yes, validating is very important and is at minute 4:18 of the video! You only have to validate when you get on the bus - that ticket will be valid for 100 minutes from that time stamp. So sorry you got a fine! :(
Thanks, we just weren't aware of the fine for not validating. Lack of research our end really I suppose. Rome was more than worth the fine though :) We can't wait to go back!!
@@TheTourGuyVids In the video it shows you validated it but than you get off immediately making it appear that you validated it as you were getting off. I think thats what throws off people a bit.
This is helpful . Why can't you get ticket on the bus.
In Rome, you have to buy your ticket before boarding any mode of public transportation, tickets just aren't sold once you get on
@@TheTourGuyVids Ok thanks. . is tourist places in walkable distance. Are taxis cheap
Many of the tourist attractions like the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, and Pantheon are within walking distance of each other. Taxi costs vary based on the driver and the location you are going to.
@@TheTourGuyVids Thanks bus ticket you have to get at a shop. 5 days enough in Rome
@opabinia56 I visited Rome last year. I got to see all the places I wanted to see and enjoyed it.
I wish we had known about this 6 years ago when we visited Rome, could have been so helpful rather than getting jostled around
When I buy the bus ticket do I have to choose a specific bus stop to get off or do I get off wherever I want for the same price?
You get wherever you need to for the same price
Mr. Slav, anything changed in last 9years ?
Google Maps
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I would never take bus 64 it has a reputation for being the pickpocket express
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Great! But now you have to walk back because you only purchased one bus ticket with only one fare on it :)
That old lady at 5:07 walking by looking at the camera lol i don't know if she looks confused or disgusted
Thanks to buses in Rome, I didnt stayed on the street few times..
sod that too much hassle
seriously = how is that too much of a hassle? it's not very different from using public transport in any major city.
This video is meant to be a parody trolling tourists right?
This seems complicated. In Scotland you just board the bus, pay the driver, and away you go. The destination is shown on the bus, and the driver will call out an upcoming town and ask if anyone needs for him to stop, if you're not going all the way. Of course, this is in the Highlands; not the city.
It's not that complicated really, just get the ticket beforehand at a newsagent and validate it the first time you get on. I think it's a pretty good system, paying the driver is fine on a rural bus line, but really holds up the bus in a busy city and I think it's something we could do here in the UK (most people either use mobile tickets or free bus passes, given most people who take buses are either young or old, which helps speed up boarding) because buying a ticket and making change really wastes a lot of time, especially over a longer route, having multiple doors on buses is also just much better, makes boarding so much quicker and smoother. Double decker buses also have stairs which just is more time and fuss, when they only carry 10 or 15 more people than a standard bus and a bendy bus carries far more.
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Worst transportation on rome - ! I feelt like in india
That's a bit much
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very helpful! thanks!